F-type star · yellow-white star
HR 8838
HR 8838 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Pegasus 340 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,635 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 25.89× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 340 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 219291 · HIP 114725
6,635 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
25.89× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F6IVw
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
340 years
at light speed from Earth
1.15×
as hot as the Sun
25.89×
the Sun's light output
1.32
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Nearest stars
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.